[nature-punks]

Instead of endless wastelands of mowed grass lawns, consider:

[sophist-sophia]

😍

[dvar-trek]

this only works in places with lots of rain, a temperate summer, and a nice cold winter. like England. or Michigan.

[star-anise]

True! Unless you can find an economical way to irrigate, more appropriate lawn alternatives in hotter, more arid places might lean more to prairie meadows using local grasses and wildflowers:

Or, they might mean doing classic landscaping, but with rocks and xeriscape plants:

Or having a cactus garden:

There are lots of exciting possibilities once you throw the classic turf lawn out the window!

[silverstrike]

^^^^^

Also, there are methods of collecting rainwater as an ecofriendly method of irrigation. Just install one of these bad boys near your drain pipes:

And you are ready to go. Collecting rainwater can not only benefit your garden, but also the environment at large (considering how precious water reserves are steadily becoming due to global warming) and your own pocket (considering the price increases for the water usage)